The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1498
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935618
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-18.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html